Ramon Sanchez Joins Firefly Aerospace as Chief Operating Officer
Will Oversee Company’s Day-to-Day Operations to Support its Growth
Ramon Sanchez has been named to the post of Chief Operating Officer at Firefly Aerospace, tasked with driving the company’s production scaling and operational execution beginning December 22. In this position, Sanchez will be responsible for the company’s day-to-day operations and ensuring Firefly continues to enhance safety, quality, and reliability in production of launch vehicles, lunar landers, and spacecraft product lines to meet customers’ growing demands. Sanchez’s appointment reinforces Firefly’s commitment to operational excellence.
“Ramon has a proven track record of improving and upscaling complicated space production lines in heavy rockets, advanced missiles, and high-performance spacecraft constellations.”
Jason Kim, Firefly Aerospace
Sanchez has more than two decades of experience in production operations for commercial, civil, and national security programs during his tenure at Boeing and is also an Army veteran. His extensive experience spans commercial, classified, and human spaceflight missions. Programs he stood up and enhanced production rate include heavy launch vehicles, space planes, small to large satellite constellations, advanced integrated space payloads, and precision guided missiles.
“Ramon has a proven track record of improving and upscaling complicated space production lines in heavy rockets, advanced missiles, and high-performance spacecraft constellations,” said Jason Kim, CEO of Firefly Aerospace. “His operational experience in building cross-functional teams for diverse production systems, people leadership skills, and expertise in quality, engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain supporting end-to-end spaceflight is a valuable asset for Firefly.”
“It is an honor to be joining this team of Fireflies, as we partner for success where safety and quality of our teammates and products are at the forefront of everything we do,” said Ramon Sanchez, incoming COO at Firefly Aerospace. “I look forward to building on the expertise of the team to drive factory stability, production harden systems, and execute on the commitments we’ve made to our shareholders and customers.”
Known for his ability to establish and enhance advanced space production lines, Sanchez will lead and ensure greater collaboration across key engineering, manufacturing, and reliability teams to innovate at scale across Firefly’s products and service offerings.